Nieto (2013) clearly exemplifies the principle of “serving others” when she uses her students’ identities in the classroom (p. 39). This behavior, wherein she the students’ culture and background into the curriculum, most closely resembles the servant leader characteristic of “building community” (Spears, 2010, p. 29). In this concept, Spears (2010) remarks on how much is lost to individuals when they are not as much influenced by a local community as they are by some larger structure (p. 29). Therefore, as Angeles works to both listen to her students and to bring their lives into the classroom learning environment, all students benefit as they learn from each other about one another—essentially building their own community (Nieto, 2013,
